= Z =
[primarily MS-DOS] To create a compressed archive
from a group of files using PKWare's PKZIP or a compatible
archiver. Its use is spreading now that portable implementations
of the algorithm have been written. Commonly used as follows:
"I'll zip it up and send it to you." See tar and feather.
--The Jargon File version 4.3.1, ed. ESR, autonoded by rescdsk.